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Attempted to ride Olsen today. After about 500 feet or so after descending the slight downhill at the start, I encountered snow up to my knees with a slight crust on top. Serious exercise in futility. Rather surprising, I thought Olsen was popular with trail runners. Headed to to Maybury afterwards, conditions were rideable by fat bike there.

Olson was not very rideable, lots of deep drifts, some areas were packed down by foot traffic, but one could only go so far before hitting deep snow. Ventured over to the A2 loop starting at Leslie. Takes some effort navigating the icy road and then knee-deep snow to get to the trail's entrance. Once on the trail, it was rideable by fat bike. Made it as far as the private road/Bandemere Park/freeway exit. Turned back at that point as it was running late for me. The tricky part was once getting past the tunnel, that area through the pines had some soft spots. Don't ride the trail too fast or you can endo in a soft spot, or if you get too close to the edge of what's packed down the snow can be very deep and soft.

I rode the local AA loop Monday night.. It was super nice. The trails are pressed, the trails are fairly wide, and super fun! The underpass is super super crazy slippery (had to stay slow and upright on the bike - don't try to walk it!). Black Pond woods was good, Leslie was good (up to Leslie park where there was no trail at all and difficult to get to the asphalt walkway - I just turned around). Barton nature area was awesome, all parts of it. Kuebler Langford was good to moderate with some drifts and boot holes pocketed here and there.

Did most of the loop on 2.1s today. Trail is rock hard. No issues with grip. Bridges have some ice on them. The entire underpass is frozen and very slippery. We walked it. Could use some sand in there.

The Barton Nature Area has been in MTB rideable condition, though the thaw today may change that. I rode Sunday afternoon at it was fast and then slow, well packed and then mushy. Same with Kuebler Langford area, though with the grade changes there, it made it much more challenging.

I rode a bit of the Local Loop this morning. Mostly a mix of hard and soft pack with a few icy and bare spots. I found the hill climbs to be really difficult on soft pack. A lighter weight or more technically proficient rider might have a better time of it.